Diane von Furstenberg and presenter Sheila Johnson
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J.C. Agid, Ambassador-at-Large Melanne Verveer (Vital Voices Board, Emeriti) and founder and President of the Women's Forum for the Economy and Society Aude de Thuin
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Last night at The Kennedy Center, the hall reverberated with the refrain, I AM WOMAN HEAR ME ROAR, when Vital Voices presented its global leadership awards to an outstanding group of women who on a daily basis bear out their organizational belief that “investing in women improves the world”.
Melinda Gates along with Afnan Al Zayani, Panmela Castro, Andeisha Farid, Rebecca Lolosoli, and Roshaneh Zafar were honored for their leadership and dedication to public good, human rights and entrepreneurial and economic empowerment in the United States, Bahrain, Brazil, Afghanistan, Kenya, and Pakistan.
In attendance to cheer them on were many inspiring and dedicated women in their own right including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Tory Burch, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Andrea Jung, Diane von Furstenberg, Sally Field, Bobbie Greene McCarthy, Reese Witherspoon, Ann Moore, and Sheila Johnson. Representing their gender were Brian Williams and Nicholas Kristof who noted that gender equality is the central moral struggle of our time. With the help of Vital Voices and amazingly strong women around the world, that goal felt within reach.
— Report by Mimi Reisner and photographs by James R. Brantley
Fern Holland Award honoree Rebecca Lolosoli and Vice-Chair of the Vital Voices Board Bobbie Greene McCarthy
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Dr. Sedi Flugelman, wife of the Kuwaiti Amassador Rima Al-Sabah, Wolf Blitzer |
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Former Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton, Thomas "Mack" McLarty, Jackie Duberstein, former Chief of Staff for President Ronald Reagan Ken Duberstein
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Washington co-chair Tracy Bernstein, Danielle Bernstein and Wilma Bernstein
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Ann Hand, Diane Jones and Sally Quinn
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Mimi Reisner and Moroccan Ambassador Aziz Mekouar
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Dana Powell, 10,000 Women Entrepreneurial Achievement honoree Andeisha Farid and Washington co-chair Anita McBride
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Melinda Gates and Ambassador Nancy Brinker
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Mary Nelson looks over at her daughter, Vital Voices President and CEO Alyse Nelson and DC Councilmember Carol Schwartz
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Intel's Alice Borrelli and NBC News anchor Brian William
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Jan Piercy and Ann Stock
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Annie Totah and Nancy Bagley |
Founder and President o the Women's Forum for the Economy and Society Aude de Thuin, J.C. Agid, Human Rights Award honoree Panmela Castro
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Jessica Minhas and Annalynne McCord
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WTOP's Mark Plotkin and Patricia Geli
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From Intel: Andrea Fava, Alice Borrelli, Karen Spencer and Wendy Hawkins
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United Kingdom co-chair Baroness Mary Goudie and Nina Totenberg
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Ambassador at Large Melanne Verveer and Ann Stock
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Susan Davis, Marcia Carlucci and Washington co-chair Marlene Malek
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Previous honoree Danielle St. Lot
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Frank Mars, Susan Mars, Ambassador Nancy Brinker, Annie Totah and Nicole Totah |
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